“I don’t really know. It doesn’t look that way now, but this guy seems to always have the ace up his sleeve”
I agree. It would be entirely stupid for Trump and the Republicans to “own” the problems of healthcare by passing this bill, and Trump is far from stupid.
He’s been saying it all along (paraphrasing): “the smart thing, politically, would be to do nothing - stand back and let Obamacare die on its own - let the Democrats rightfully take the blame for their own failed program”.
Notice Trump always follows those statements with an obligatory comment like “..but that wouldn’t be the right thing to do”.
It’s obvious he wants RyanCare to fail and he doesn’t want to be saddled with any federal program that can be called TrumpCare. He needs to appear supportive of Ryan’s efforts though, or he will be blamed for it NOT passing.
What is happening is exactly what I would want to be happening, if I were Trump.
To those who think it was essential this bill be passed in order for Trump to make good on his other promises in a deficit neutral manner, I say hogwash.
The “stupid party” got its name in part by constantly letting democrats trick them into raising (or not cutting) taxes because it would raise deficits, and trick them into not cutting spending because it would throw granny over the cliff.
Hopefully, we finally have a president who is not stupid and will avoid being an easy mark for every con the democrats want to pull.
Thanks for the note of agreement.
I agree with your thoughts too.